• Question: When i grow up i want to be a tree, why isn't it possible?

    Asked by 1drawsome to Cathal, Daphne, Darren, Jon, Katherine on 13 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Daphne Ng

      Daphne Ng answered on 13 Mar 2012:


      It’s not possible because the genes in your cells contain information telling them how to form a human being and not a tree. Without the information on being a tree, your cells will not know how to form leaves, branches, roots and everything that a tree has.

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